Discussion:
MY HYPOTHESIS THAT A DECREASE IN STARFISH POPULATION WILL RESULT IN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN MUSSEL POPULATION was supported by my data. I started with an amount of 60 Starfish in my tidal pool. The results of this scenario was that the average amount of Mussel population was 99 at 60 Starfish. As we went down the line in the number of Starfish present in the start of the experiment the number of Mussel population increased. With the amount of 20 Starfish, the Mussel population averaged at 202.67- over double as much as with 60 Starfish. I then went to 0 Starfish in the tidal pool and was shocked with my results. With 0 Starfish, the Mussel population averaged 426.33, dramatically higher than with 20 Starfish to the point where Mussels
MY HYPOTHESIS THAT A DECREASE IN STARFISH POPULATION WILL RESULT IN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN MUSSEL POPULATION was supported by my data. I started with an amount of 60 Starfish in my tidal pool. The results of this scenario was that the average amount of Mussel population was 99 at 60 Starfish. As we went down the line in the number of Starfish present in the start of the experiment the number of Mussel population increased. With the amount of 20 Starfish, the Mussel population averaged at 202.67- over double as much as with 60 Starfish. I then went to 0 Starfish in the tidal pool and was shocked with my results. With 0 Starfish, the Mussel population averaged 426.33, dramatically higher than with 20 Starfish to the point where Mussels